Contributed photo / Zubin MehentiZubin Mehenti realizes he isn’t exactly top-billing material when it comes to the national ESPN Radio show he will be hosting along with Keyshawn Johnson and Jay Williams.
Johnson, after all, was an All-America receiver at Southern California, the No. 1 pick of the 1996 NFL draft and a three-time Pro Bowl selection, while Williams helped lead Duke to the 2001 NCAA title and was the No. 2 selection in the 2002 NBA draft behind Yao Ming.
“The only thing I can tell you about the title of the show, besides its lack of creativity, is that the last two words were going to be ‘and Zubin,'” Mehenti said. “I had no idea who was going to be first, but I knew who was coming in third.”
Beginning Monday, Mehenti will look to guide Johnson and Williams on “Keyshawn, JWill and Zubin” weekday mornings from 6 to 10. The show is replacing “Golic & Wingo,” which began in November 2017 but endured criticism for a lack of chemistry between hosts Mike Golic and Trey Wingo and failed to live up to its “Mike & Mike” predecessor with Golic and Mike Greenberg.
On air from 2000 to 2017, “Mike & Mike” became so popular that it was even a television simulcast hit on ESPN2 during its last 12 years.